config documentation: some configs are auto-set by git-init

Add documentation for core.ignorecase, and mention git-init
in core.filemode and core.symlinks.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 155e925fba39a5b156a1a5ec8f9ec1b48371bee5..55d7e11da265843801ba53634dbb5f2f1d0ef20a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ advice.*::
 core.fileMode::
        If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
        the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
-       See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
+       See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
++
+The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
+will probe and set core.fileMode false if appropriate when the
+repository is created.
 
 core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks::
        This option is only used by Cygwin implementation of Git. If false,
@@ -144,6 +148,18 @@ core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks::
        is true, in which case ignoreCygwinFSTricks is ignored as Cygwin's
        POSIX emulation is required to support core.filemode.
 
+core.ignorecase::
+       If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
+       git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
+       like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
+       "makefile" when git expects "Makefile", git will assume
+       it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
+       "Makefile".
++
+The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
+will probe and set core.ignorecase true if appropriate when the repository
+is created.
+
 core.trustctime::
        If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
        working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time
@@ -224,7 +240,11 @@ core.symlinks::
        contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
        linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
        file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
-       symbolic links. True by default.
+       symbolic links.
++
+The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
+will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
+is created.
 
 core.gitProxy::
        A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead